Label-cutter and cover-lifter.



No. 648,807. Patented Ma'y |,|9oo. w. s. smnn.

LABEL CUTTER AND COVER LIFTER.

(Application filed Dec. 21, 1899.)

(No Model.)

' WITNESSES INVEN 0/? Mfg A TTOHNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT mes.

WILLIS SYLVESTER SMITH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TODAVID W. LANAGAN, OF SAME PLACE.

LABEL-CUTTER AND COVLER-LIFTER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart'of Letters Patent No. 648,807,:1ated May 1,1900. Imitation filed December 21,1899. Serial No. 741,153. ITomodel-BTo alfwhpm lit-mag} canoe 7 12,1 Be'it. known that I, WILLIS SYLvlnsTERSMITH, aicitizen of-the United States, and a resident 'of Chicago, inthe county of Cook "5 and State of Illinois, have invented a new andImproved Label-Cutter -and-Cover-Lifter, of which the followingis'afull, clear, and exact description. Y 7 v This invention relates toililprovements in 'ro devices for cutting the labelsori boxes andlifting thebdX-cover: i Labels are often placed upon boxes in suchaamanner as to extend upon both the bodyportion and cover, and a knife orsimilarinstrument isrequ'ired to cut '25 the label before the covercanbe removed.

It is the object of my inventionrt-o provide a simpleanicomparatiyely-inexneusilede1...

vice designed to be attached to alabel-covered box and by means of whichthe label '20 maybe quickly cut at the junction of the body of the canand the cover-flange, the de-,

vice also forminga finger-piece for removing the cover. g -I willdescribea label-cutter and cover- 2 5 lifter embodying myinvention andthen point out the novel. features in the appended claim. 7

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification,

0 in which similar characters of reference indi- 'for-cutting. Fig.3shows the device while cutting. Fig. 4 illustrates the device as scover-lifter. Fig.5 is asection on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1,- and, Fig.,6-is a perspective view j of the cuttergand lifter.

The cutting and lifting device consists of a strip of metal bent toprovide a downwardlyextended portion 1 for engaging against the innersideof a canrbody, a portion 2 forengaging upon the edge of thecan-body, a pork v 5 tion 3, which passesbetween the outer side 'of thecover-flange, and a finger portion 4,

which, when. the material is in the box and the label thereomextendsupward against the;

outer side of the cover and underneath the label, as indicated in. Fig.1, the portion 4 hold of the returned portion 5, which normally engagesupon the upper side of the cover 6. In pulling the portion toutward anddownward it may be turned in the form of a hook, as indicated in Fig. 2,and during the operation a strip of metal engaging with the cover willbe torn down, as indicated in Fig. 2, and then by moving the devicecircumferentially or around the box the label may be out. After cuttingthe label the cover may beremoved in thenrdinary manner oritmay .65

be lifted up by the device engaging therewith,

as indicated in Fig. 4.

The device is substautially'a permanent attachment to the box. Thereforeit will always be found useful for removing the cover,

While I have shown the device as attached to a round box, it is obviousthat it may be attached to an oval or elliptical box or to a Irectangular-box having rounded corners.

, As the device may be made of waste metal, such as waste tin, it isobvious that it will not add any'appreciable amount to the cost of thecan or package. 7

Having thus described my invention,' I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent p The combination with a box and a cover therefor, ofa label-cutter consisting of a strip of-metalhaving a portion forengaging over the top edge of thebox,a cutting portion and afinger-pieceadapted to engage against the cover-flange and terminating in a returnedI portion for engaging on the top of the cover-. substantially asspecified. In testimony whereof I have signed my nameto thisspecification in the presence vof two subscribing witnesses.

- WILLIS SYLVESTER SMITH, ifi-Witnesses:

-' "PATRICKJ. NOLAN, Jo'sErH F. MCLA GHL'IN;

